diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f1425cee8..537f87434 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 		<geode.version>1.2.0</geode.version>
 		<multithreadedtc.version>1.01</multithreadedtc.version>
 		<servlet-api.version>2.5</servlet-api.version>
-		<spring-data-commons.version>2.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-data-commons.version>
+		<springdata.commons>2.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</springdata.commons>
 		<spring-shell.version>1.2.0.RELEASE</spring-shell.version>
 		<source.level>1.8</source.level>
 	</properties>
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-data-commons</artifactId>
-			<version>${spring-data-commons.version}</version>
+			<version>${springdata.commons}</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- Apache Geode -->